Financial Management

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The Financial Management activity supports OSM's responsibilities under Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) by ensuring effective fee compliance, grant and UMWA accounting/financial management, and stewardship of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. This activity encompasses the collection and reconciliation of reclamation fees, compliance monitoring and audits, grants, and UMWA accounting, and financial reporting necessary to support abandoned mine land The FY 2027 President's Budget requests $5.8M and 29 FTEs for Financial Management. program change of -$43,000. The program supports compliance monitoring, audits, fee collections and targeted sustainment of mission-critical legacy systems used to track fee assessments and operator reporting, ensuring data integrity and timely collections. At the requested level, OSM will improve projected workload and execution requirements. The increase supports continued oversight, program management, financial reconciliation, and reporting activities, including sustainment of grants /management and financial reporting, and system maintenance, to ensure timely and accurate administration of AML grants without increasing staffing. Fees collected from active coal operators are used by OSM, States, and Tribes to mitigate the effects of historic mining by pursuing reclamation of abandoned mine lands. OSM collects fees from active coal operators based on tons of coal produced for sale, use, or transfer. The FY 2027 request funds the OSM Fee Compliance Program to ensure coal operators accurately report coal production and pay appropriate reclamation fees. The program goal is to maximize compliance by applying policy and collection procedures fairly and consistently at a reasonable cost. The Fee Compliance Program is comprised of two integrated components - collections and audits - that work together to maximize compliance, minimize the burden on industry, and ensure the efficient use of resources. Key initiatives that OSM will pursue in FY 2027 include: ' Migrate and maintain systems vital to maintain collections, fee rates, tonnage, and violations. ' Increase the use of automation in conducting fee compliance audits to further improve ' Maintain current auditing systems to efficiently allocate resources and track auditor Deposits to the AML Fund and AML Production Fees (Production in Millions of Tons) (Dollars in Millions) * The projections are based on calendar year projections made by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2025, Reference Case Forecast, Table 65 (Coal Production by Region and Type). OSM tonnage uses the last reported production (Fiscal Year 2025) and then increases or decreases that value based on the percentage increase or decrease in DOE production for each coal type. The OSM projections are usually lower because AML fees are determined by the weight of the coal at the time of initial sale, transfer, or use.

Extracted from Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, p. 10. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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